Markdown Maker vs Miaodi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Markdown Maker
This app is a powerful yet user-friendly Markdown editor for Apple devices. It offers extensive formatting options, real-time previews, and supports various export formats. Organize, scan documents, and protect your work with security features.
- Markdown syntax highlighting
- Real-time preview
- Support for extra markups (tables, footnotes, MathML)
- Export to PDF, HTML, PNG, TXT
- iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive sync
- Document organization
- PDF reader and scanner
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Markdown Maker is an innovative, flexible and powerful, yet easy to use, Markdown text editor for iPad and iPhone (and macOS with Apple Silicon). Our Markdown engine supports the standard syntax and it has been extended to include very useful extra markups items (MultiMarkdown): tables, footnotes, lists, images, links, highlight, strikethrough, superscript, MathML and more. Markdown Maker is compatible with MacDown, Ulysses, IA Writer, Mou, etc. documents on your computer too. + WRITE. FORMAT · Markdown Maker offers formatting assistance, such as syntax highlighting and coloration, to point out markup errors or missing markup elements. · Highly efficient Markdown rendering · Quick preview of the rendered document in real time when writing or editing · Extra markups: tables, footnotes, lists, images, links, highlight, strikethrough, superscript and MathML · Find and replace · Syntax highlighting · Insert special symbols arrows, parentheses, maths, bullets/stars, GPS location, etc. · Over 30 languages typing support including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic & Hebrew · Extra keys: tab, forward delete, cursor up/down/left/right, etc. · Live counters: characters, words, sentences, words per sentence & reading time · Dictation lets you speak text instead of typing + SHARE. EXPORT · Export, share and print your documents to multiple formats like Markdown, PDF, HTML, PNG, TXT, etc. · Auto-sync documents with other devices and computers via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or Box · Import/Export from iCloud, Dropbox, Box and Google Drive support · Zip folders/notebooks and email them as an attachment + ORGANIZE. STRUCTURE. FIND · Organize your work in unlimited notebooks, folders and subfolders · Design the cover of your notebooks + RESEARCH. SCAN. PDF LIBRARY · Full PDF reader and manager included for reference files, ebooks, articles, resources, papers, etc. · Use the camera of your iPad/iPhone to scan documents, notes, recipes, tickets, etc. as PDF · Use split-screen and multitasking side by side with other apps while writing + BE SAFE. PROTECT YOUR WORK · Protect your work with an app security passcode · Protect any folder or project with a passcode · Automatic Backups of your documents and projects Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Miaodi
This cross-platform Markdown editor offers a seamless writing experience with customizable shortcuts and formatting. It prioritizes data privacy and allows for easy export and multi-platform synchronization. The app also includes system-level to-do reminders and task list notes to help you stay organized.
- Cross-platform Markdown editing
- Customizable shortcut bar
- System-level to-do reminders
- Data export and synchronization
- WYSIWYG and focus modes
- Auto-save and undo/redo
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【Introduction】 Miaodi, this is a cross-platform Markdown editor with excellent experience. And Miaodi, on the iOS platform, has also made special optimizations. For example, the unique and customizable Markdown shortcut bar and text formatting greatly improve the convenience of operation. We do these, just to make your experience more comfortable. Miaodi takes your data seriously from start to finish, and if you use advanced features, you can also edit across platforms. Your data resides on whatever device you are using. Your data can be exported to the system's folder anytime, anywhere, without any limitation, and with extremely fast speed. In addition, Miaodi also provides system-level Todo reminders and task list notes, so that you can better organize your life and time, and be organized and everything is in Miaodi. Although Miaodi is just a Markdown cross-platform editor, it also pays special attention to the record of user inspiration. Therefore, Miaodi has always attached great importance to convenience, and does not want the loss of user inspiration due to the delay of time. Therefore, Miaodi also keeps up with the startup speed of the software. In an instant, you can open Miaodi and start recording. Break system boundaries and record anytime, anywhere, here is Miaodi. 【Description】 - Create notes or articles using Markdown or plain text - Easy management of to-do lists - Support WYSIWYG mode as well as writing mode, focus mode, etc. - Highly customizable, with support for custom fonts, CSS, background images, etc. - Auto-save, no text loss, undo/redo - No ads, no background - Multi-language options - Support for text viewing, editing and other operations - Compatible with other Markdown platforms - Provide cloud services for data storage and multi-platform data synchronization, and more cloud services to play (see the official website for details) 【About us】 telegram: https://t.me/miaodichat email: libv@miaodiapp.com website: https://libv.miaodiapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Miaodi at 100% against Markdown Maker's 45%. Miaodi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Markdown Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Markdown Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Miaodi sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Miaodi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Markdown Maker has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Markdown Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Miaodi's.
Markdown Maker ships an update every 2 weeks, Miaodi every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Markdown Maker | Miaodi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairoos Solutions SL | 家乐 陈 |
Customer experience
Markdown Maker
Miaodi
In-app purchases
Markdown Maker
- Markdown Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Markdown Maker Upgrade$3.99
Miaodi
- Month VIP$0.99
- Season VIP$1.99
- Year VIP$3.99
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- Decade VIP$14.99
- Time VIP$25.99








